Did You Know Ando Was From South Korea?
Ando, or rather the actor who plays Ando, James Kyson Lee isn’t Japanese at all. In fact, he doesn’t speak or even understand it! Check out this quote from TV Guide:
TV Guide: So did you and Masi dish on the set in Japanese?
Takei: Better! He and I both speak Spanish, so we were chatting with each other en español. It was blowing minds! I am also really impressed with James Kyson Lee, who plays Ando (see related TVGuide.com Q&A). Do you know that he is from South Korea and does not understand nor speak Japanese? I was dumbfounded. He has a fantastic ear. It’s one thing to mimic a foreign language, but it’s quite another to be able to act in it. Amazing.
He does such a great job I would have never guessed. Read the whole interview with George Takei to get a little more behind the scenes on Heroes. I don’t think they could have picked a better person to play Hiro’s father with all the fan boy obsession Hiro has with Star Trek.
Heroes, Hiro, Ando, George Takei, James Kyson Lee, Star Trek
February 21st, 2007 at 1:37 am
[...] ?说Ando的扮演者James Kyson Lee。韩裔美国人。最寒的就是他其实?会日语，Heroes里?的日语??都是他?一??然??述的(here)……个人网站http://www.jameskysonlee.com。曾?在??队当过MC。顺便??下，Heroes目?播出了16集，Ando是唯一一个在?集里?都出现的角色。 [...]
October 29th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
[...] Star Trek and George Takei, and his upcoming non-Heroes Projects. In case you haven’t heard, James is Korean and didn’t speak Japanese. He talks a little about that and the feedback he has received. Did [...]